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Nekomimi Maria in episode 47 of Hayate no Gotoku! wearing a tiger striped bikini pays homage to Lum from the 1980s anime series Urusei Yatsura, based on the Shounen Sunday manga by Takahashi Rumiko (Inuyasha, Ranma 1/2, Maison Ikkoku, One Pound Gospel, etc.).

Also, it appears to be a seiyuu parody of Maria's voice actress Tanaka Rie, who played Valhalla head catgirl maid Sanada-san (Ms. Sanada) in UFO Princess Valkyrie (aka UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie), and her penchant for costume playing - just as episode 35 was, with Maria dressing up as Suigintou from Rozen Maiden, another Tanaka Rie character, and Ayanami Rei from Evangelion.

In her 10th Anniversary Birthday Live Concert held on Sunday, January 27, 2008 in Tokyo, Japan, Tanaka Rie sported cat ears (nekomimi). If I recall correctly, she did a similar thing and cosplayed as Sanada-san in a series of three live concerts back in 2003.

13-saaaaaan! Man, it turned like Armageddon. The 300 and Matrix cameos were awesome; it's interesting to know what "This is blasphemy! This is Madness!" is in Japanese. If my weeaboo knowledge serves me right, would the reply be "Kyouki da? SUPARU-TA DAAA!"

Man, that kind of sucks. Anticlimactic sentence structure.
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But yes, Hinagiku time. I'd rather they animate a few to sum up 8-9, then one dedicated to the 9-10 ending. That would be awesome. Or maybe it'll be another one of those seemingly never ending series. :P

nice to see that Eclipse has finally caught up to the latest episode of Hayate. This was a good manga-based episode, and the preview was the icing on the cake. Don't know if they will base it on the manga or if it'll be an anime-original though. Anyway, the episode is just two days away. Doki doki, waku waku.